Cyprus News

Thursday’s weather is expected to be mostly clear across most of the island, with increased cloud cover expected in some parts. Temperatures will rise to a maximum of 19 degrees ...

Carnival weekend is here! Fiestas, parades, afro-Brazilian rhythms and bursts of colour will fill Limassol’s streets. But there is more… Live music This Friday and Saturday, Larnaca and Limassol ...

Cyprus’ patient associations have called for a dialogue on revised categories of drugs, which resulted in higher prices for patients, with complaints flooding in from patients and doctors alike, as ...

Joint energy projects of Cyprus, Greece, Egypt and Israel constitute attempts to confine Turkey to its continental shelf, Turkish MP and AKP member Ayse Bohurler said on Wednesday. Speaking on ...

Police carried out 12 deportations following coordinated immigration checks in the Paphos district on Wednesday. During the operation, a total of 19 individuals were arrested for residing illegally in the Republic, 12 of ...

A 59-year-old motorcyclist is in a critical condition at Nicosia general l following a road collision in the Famagusta district on Wednesday. “The police are investigating the circumstances and causes ...

Talks need to resume from where they were halted in Crans-Montana in 2017, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday, reiterating his readiness to restart negotiations with the Turkish Cypriot side. “There ...

One more comedian has added Cyprus to his tour, meaning there are more English-language comedy nights ahead of us. Mario Adrion brings his stand-up set to Cyprus for the first ...

The education ministry fulfilled its delayed manifesto towards restarting the bicommunal Imagine education programme, with the issuing of circulars to public schools announced on Wednesday. The circulars, promised since January, ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved funds amounting to €1.15 million for the implementation of a programme monitoring greenhouse gas emissions from Cypriot livestock farming. “The programme is expected to contribute substantially ...

The landfill tax will be reduced from €35 to €10 per tonne and is set to increase by €5 annually starting in 2028, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Wednesday. “The €5 increase will be ...

The Audit Office is not currently investigating the Paphos municipality but if irregular activity arises then “everything will be in the light”, auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou said on Wednesday. He also ...

President Nikos Christodoulides welcomed young athletes from New York’s Eleftheria Pancyprian football team at the presidential palace on Wednesday, highlighting their visit as a crucial connection between Cyprus and ...

PEO trade union expressed on Wednesday its deep sorrow over the death of a construction worker in Nicosia the previous day but blamed weaknesses in workplace oversight. The 43-year-old third-country ...

The 24-year-old worker who fell off a building in Paphos on Wednesday has been stabilised and is no longer in critical condition. The man had been installing a photovoltaic system ...

The legal service announced on Wednesday it will file an appeal against the acquittal of former House speaker Demetris Syllouris and Akel MP Christakis Giovanis, insisting that judicial discrepancies were ...

Minutes before we walked into Gourmet Taverna, we had tasted disappointment elsewhere, having visited a different, much-hyped restaurant, only to find out that the only seating they had available was ...

The interior ministry unveiled a comprehensive update to the government’s housing policy on Wednesday including a new plan to construct student accommodation and revisions to existing schemes aimed at ...

The acquittal of former House president Demetris Syllouris and former Akel MP Christakis Giovanis, who were on trial for their alleged involvement in the ‘golden passports’ scandal, was “expected”, the ...

The University of Cyprus renewed its appeal to the finance ministry to proceed with the construction of four new faculties, warning that key academic units remain without permanent premises as ...

The police immigration office arrested 19 illegal foreigners of various nationalities on Wednesday morning in Paphos, in the framework of a coordinated operation. According to the police, procedures for their repatriation ...

The appeals court has dismissed all appeals and upheld the ruling of the court-of-first instance in the case of 10-year-old Stavros Yiorgallis, from Klavdia, who died after being discharged from ...

Strong winds left over 20 communities in Cyprus without electricity on Wednesday morning, while in Limassol emergency crews were called out to multiple incidents including a fallen tree and electricity pole ...

Cypriot Olympic skier Andrea Loizidou did not finish her first run in the women’s slalom at the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics on Wednesday, ending her participation at the Games in ...